Stano v. Soldo Construction Co

In Stano v. Soldo Construction Co., 187 N.J. Super. 524, 531, 539, 455 A.2d 541 (App.Div.1983), the Court distinguished the incurable bid defect in George Harms Construction Co., Inc. v. Borough of Lincoln Park from a non-defective but "unavoidably confusing" bid disclosure statement which accurately identified the bidder's 100% stockholder but was later merely "clarified" to reflect that one individual owned 70% of the 100% stockholder's corporation. The Court agreed with the trial judge's assessment that the bidder had indeed provided an accurate shareholder's statement. The Court concluded that "the later clarification was simply intended to aid the county in its interpretation of the statement and was permissible." Id. at 539, 455 A.2d 541.